Big Drama Club
This group size is currently at maximum capacity, so at the moment we are not taking on any new members.
Please contact us about places on alternative session days.
The Big Drama Club is on Wednesdays (schedules can be found in on our documents page) and we would expect particular commitment to attendance, as we build up to a full professional performance at Leeds Playhouse.
It happens at Cardigan Road Community Centre and cost £3 per session. 10.15am onwards for tea/coffee/biscuits, with the session running 11am - 2pm with a lunch break around 12.10pm - 1pm. Please bring your own lunches. There are microwaves at the venue if you'd like to heat up food.
Big Drama Club History
Running since 2013, ‘Big Drama Club’ brings adults with learning disabilities together to make an original theatre show. Working as a group, we start with drama games, acting training and storytelling. Over time, we create a performance based on our passions and personal experiences. It is devised and rehearsed and finally performed at Leeds Playhouse (with productions prior to 2024 taking place at stage@leeds.) All our Big Drama Club shows can be found on our timeline.
We work hard to ensure that everyone has a part to play, both onstage and off; and that all people can share their ideas and be heard. Countless times, audience members tell us how impressed and moved they are, seeing the participants' talents shine through (#abilitiesnotdisabilities remember!) and how empowered they become by working in a professional theatre environment, where everyone receives the support that they need to do their very best.
"It totally exceeded my expectations. Look, I've got goose-bumps just thinking about it!"
Rebecca Spoors - Aspire CBS Centre Manager
The Big Drama Club won the Aspire CBS customer award in 2019 for Best Creative Project (Return of the King).
